Given what most wrestling fans' reaction to an out and out gay marriage angle would be, I don't see how this storyline will help Billy and Chuck become faces. In fact, having Stephanie go along with the "wedding" wouldn't make her a face GM either.

Then again, I still don't understand how I'm supposed to react to Stephanie McMahon. Come on writers, help a brother out.

"Oh would you stop being all stealthy and just get in the truck"- Tom Servo

Well, if the "wedding" is to be on next week's Smackdown, it's being taped in... lessee... Minneapolis, Minnesota. A little homework reveals that neither same-sex "marriages" nor "domestic partnerships" are legally sanctioned in Minnesota, which is a minor continuity glitch.

They could've waited two more weeks and decided to hold it in San Diego, which would've not only been in a location generally friendlier to such partnerships (the Knight Initiative notwithstanding), but would've also been in Chuck's hometown so that his family and friends could share in their... well, moment.

I like the "TAG partner for life -- what did you THINK I meant?" concept, though.

"No society has managed to invest more time and energy in the perpetuation of the fiction that it is _moral, sane and wholesome_ than our current crop of _Modern Americans_." -- Frank Zappa

So.... given the WWE's tendency to rehash angles after 7 years, can we expect to see the B&C breakup in 2009 after Chuck fakes a pregnancy to get Billy to renew their vows? Leading up to internet-favorite champion John Cena to lose his poorly-booked heavyweight championship title reign at Wrestlemania to Billy after Chuck joins up with Cena, and Cena then escalating the feud when he accidentally runs over Billy's beloved wolfman, Rico?

If Billy Gunn ever wins the WWE title, the universe as we know it will cease to exist, as reality itself will fold in upon itself in a vortex of suck.

TAG partner for life. Okay, well that's better. I'm no homophobe of course, but it's freaky to see a gay or whatever you call it wedding on a WWE broadcast, even by their standards. I thought the WWE for many is the last refuge of the heteros. Well, if they want to do it that way, who am I to stop them? As far as caring, well, sorry.

Originally posted by RingmistressTAG partner for life. Okay, well that's better.

In the spoilers I read, Chuck gives Billy a ring while proposing on his knee. Later, Steph refers to its as "marriage" and neither dispute it, but look all happy. Then D-Von gets in their face and calls it sinful. Again, they don't say, "Hey wait a minute D-von! We meant tag partners."

This is no "tag partner for life" angle folks. This is the real deal.

Man, I'm glad I don't get Smackdown. What the hell ever happened to wrestling, anyway?

"Oh, i'll never understand this emptiness...but I'll never really try and understand, I guess." - Whiskeytown, Sit and Listen to the Rain

Originally posted by vspWell, if the "wedding" is to be on next week's Smackdown, it's being taped in... lessee... Minneapolis, Minnesota. A little homework reveals that neither same-sex "marriages" nor "domestic partnerships" are legally sanctioned in Minnesota, which is a minor continuity glitch.

Nah, they've got an "in" with the Gov, who has been brought in on storyline before to change law on a whim (the Foley Connecticut contract...) Besides, nobody's mentioned it would be legally binding. Gay/Lesbian couples do this type of ceremony everywhere, even if it's meaningless legally...

Originally posted by RingmistressTAG partner for life. Okay, well that's better. I'm no homophobe of course, but it's freaky to see a gay or whatever you call it wedding on a WWE broadcast, even by their standards. I thought the WWE for many is the last refuge of the heteros. Well, if they want to do it that way, who am I to stop them? As far as caring, well, sorry.

Ringmistress

Nothing personal I swear, but this quote coming from the board's premier HHH fan, what with everything he's said and done on tv....it's just a bit ironic is all.

You never know when you'll meet that special someone... the someone that's mysteriously blind to your flaws. or, you know, stupid enough not to realize that yes, you really are that cynical.

Wasn't the Too Much wedding an idea by Vince Russo that Vince McMahon shot down? I constantly remember net writers referencing to how Russo planned on doing this, but Vince was the all might powerful filter that took out all of Russo's bad stuff and made it good. Slight point, that's it.